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Govt will ensure that sugar workers remain employed – President Ali

President Dr Irfaan Ali has reassured workers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that the Government will ensure they stay employed. He was able to...

Guyana needs to appoint more Judges – CCJ President

While commending Guyana for its impressive judicial landscape, Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) President, Justice Adrian Saunders has also lamented the need for the...

1 year later: Mother cries for justice for son killed in hit-and-run

By: Shane Marks More than one year ago, 29-year-old Travis Wickham was killed in a hit-and-run accident at Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD), and today,...

Motorcyclist gets $600,000 bail for causing death of Sophia teen

The 21-year-old man who allegedly struck down a 14-year-old girl in Sophia was on Thursday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and placed...

Stabbing of 4-Y-O: Mother’s lover granted bail on attempted murder charge

  Padmini Dwarka, 29, of Cemetery Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD), who chopped a 4-year-old girl during an argument with her mother, was granted...

CGX Energy secures US$35M Frontera loan to finance Deepwater port

CGX Energy and Frontera Energy Corporation have sealed a US$35 million loan agreement that would see CGX Energy continue plugging more funds in the...

Mandela-Eccles 4-lane highway commissioned with stern warnings for errant drivers

  The much-anticipated Mandela-to-Eccles four-lane Highway was commissioned on Thursday evening and according to President Dr Irfaan Ali, similar developments can be expected across the...

Man, 76, dies from Covid

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced the death of one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died. This takes...

Jumbo Jet donates bus to CIOG

Jumbo Jet Auto Sales on Thursday donated a $4M 17-seater coaster bus to the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG), which is the third...

Baracara residents call for Govt assistance to return to farming

By: Andrew Carmichael Residents of the riverine community of Baracara are calling on the government to step in and assist them so that they can...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...